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Wilkinson, Dr Marcia
Migraines and Headaches
previous owner's name on ffep. No other inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 108pp. Migraine clinic director Dr Marcia Wilkinson answers your questions in her reassuring guide to coping with one of the commonest, and often most distressing, medical complaints.
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Russell, David
Scenes from Bedlam
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards, crease to one page corner and no bumping to corners. No dust jacket. 225pp. A history of caring for the mentally disordered at Bethlem Royal Hospital and The Maudsley at Beckenham in the London Borough of Bromley. This book was published to celebrate the Hospital's 750th anniversary. It is a sensitive and compelling account, providing insight and reflection into the development of mental health care.
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Trease, G.E.
Aids to Pharmaceutical Latin
Second edition. No marks or inscriptions to contents and no creasing to covers. Very clean pages in a tight copy with very faintly marked boards brown cloth and no bumping to corners. 170pp. This book was published to assist the writing of prescriptions in the common form of abbreviated Latin. Includes some autograph prescriptions for practice in reading. With a wealth of medical, chemical and biochemical terms translations from Latin to English and a section on Latin grammar as a starter.
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Sturdy, D.E.
Essentials of Urology
Previous owner's name inside front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. Faint creasing to covers. A clean tight copy with lightly marked boards, slightly cocked spine and no bumping to corners. 298pp.
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Thomson, William A. R.; Smith, Elizabeth
Healing Herbs
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 64pp. A comparison of Radio 4 listener's claims against recent research on herbs as medicine, their history and a users guide.
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Aggleton, Peter & Homans & Mojsa & Watson & Watney
AIDS : Scientific and Social Issues : A Resource for Health Educators
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 132pp.
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Smyke, Patricia (prepared by)
Women and Health
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 182pp.
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Hopkins, Lily
I'm Alive
Book in mint unread condition. 169pp. Lily Hopkins' was one of the 500 'recalled' women after a smear test blunder occurred in Liverpool. She took on the might of the medical profession in her determined fight to expose the truth. This book tells that emotional story.
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Hyde, Gordon
The Soviet Health Service : A Historical and Comparative Study
Previous owner's name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, very faint crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked very slightly yellowed boards and no bumping to corners. 352pp. The history of the Soviet Health Service and its comparison with the British National Health Service. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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Brown, George W.; Harris, Tirril
Social Origins of Depression : A Study of Psychiatric Disorder in Women
Previous owner's name inside front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, single crease to spine. A very clean tight copy with unmarked partly faded boards and no bumping but some fingering to corners. 399pp. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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Hall, Wilford A.
The Physician at Home : A Series of Essays on the Causes and Cure of Disease, with Special Articles on Fevers.
A few small marks and a little foxing to some pages. No written marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean very tight copy with unmarked maroon boards and sharp gilt lettering, slight rubbing to foot of spine and no bumping to corners. Scarce. 507pp. Illustrated with photographs taken specially for this work.
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Fenwick, Samuel
The Student's Guide to Medical Diagnosis
Some fingermarks throughout the book. No written marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A fairly clean copy with slightly rubbed boards and corners. Loosening of the hinges and a little browning to pages. Scarce. 279pp. Revised and enlarged third edition.
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Stoppard, Dr Miriam
Conception, Pregnancy & Birth : The Childbirth Bible for Today's Parents (Revised Edition)
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with nick to upper rear corner. 376pp. Revised edition of the classic bible on childbirth today.
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Ferguson, AJA & Prescott, DT & Robertson, F
A History of Medicine in South-West Durham (Signed by all Authors)
Signed by all three authors on title page, inscribed to previous owner and dated. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 197pp. Illustrated.
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Doyal, Lesley (editor)
Women and Health Services : An Agenda for Change
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 258pp. A study of how in recent years women's issues have begun to move higher up the health services agenda, giving the rationale for this plus some good practice initiatives that have resulted.
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Corfield, Carruthers
Handbook of Medical Terms
Dusty well-handled pages and creasing to marked covers. 61pp. A dictionary of medical terms as practised in the 1910s.
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Carter, William G.
Business Building for Pharmacists
Previous owner's name ro half-title page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, foxing to slightly dusty page edges, clear gilt lettering to front and spine and no bumping to corners. 195pp. Guidelines for setting up a retail pharmacy. Very scarce.
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Herbst, Katia Gilhome (editor)
Schizophrenia : A briefing for all those concerned with Its treatment and Care
Organisation name on title page. No other marks or inscriptions. Small crease to upper corner of rear cover, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards. 98pp. This booklet reports on the proceedings of a seminar held in December 1986 to provide information concerning the major issues associated with schizophrenia for all those concerned with its care and treatment.
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Porter, Stephen
The Great Plague
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bumping to upper corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 213pp. A detailed study examining the nature of the disease and contemporary opinions as to its cause together with the measures taken by both national and local government to restrict its spread and to deal with its victims. Well illustrated.
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The Editor
The Nomenclature of Disease
Previous owner's name on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards, bump to top of spine and no bumping to corners. Slightly sunned dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with rubbing/small nicks to spine ends. 398pp. Drawn up by a Joint Committee appointed by the Royal College of Physicians with an etiological classification of disease which is then applied to the body as a whole and to its systems. Eighth edition of the work originally published in 1969.
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Hunt, Teresa
Growing Older, Living Longer
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight tanning to pages and no bumping to corners. 230pp. A study of how science is providing us with greater control over the ageing process and how science fiction is becoming science fact.
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Neutze, Diana
As for Tomorrow, I Cannot Say: Thirty-Three Years With Multiple Sclerosis
Book in mint unread condition. 104pp. Writer, PhD in English and university tutor, Diana Neutze from New Zealand tells her personal story of over three decades with multiple sclerosis.
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Buckman, Rob
Out of Practice
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased. 152pp. Anecdotes and humour about medicine and the medical profession.. Illustrated by Bill Tidy.
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Bradford, Nikki
Men's Health Matters
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, single crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight tanning to page edges and no bumping to corners. 503pp. The complete A-Z of male health.
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Roger Gomm; Celia Davies
Using Evidence in Health and Social Care (Published in association with The Open University)
Name and Open University stamp to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 260pp. A study around evidence-based care with the unifying theme 'the results of research are a product of the methods used to produce the research'.
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Barron, S. L.
Cardiographic Technique
Name/address and small mark to front end papers. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. Clean tight pages with slightly marked black cloth boards with dusty page edges, rubbed spine ends and corners. 156pp. A manual for cardiological technicians. Illustrated.
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Elmes, Lesley
Planning for Quality : An Anticipatory Checklist
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 32pp. Providing for learners with mental health difficulties.
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Spielman, Andrew; D'Antonio, Michael
Mosquito : A Natural History of Our Most Persistent and Deadly Foe
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight tanning to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with or creased with minor traces of storage. 247pp. Written by the world scientific authority on the mosquito, Professor Andrew Spielman, this is a fascinating study of one tiny insect, its devastating role in history, and its growing threat to mankind.
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Alistair Sutcliffe
The Hardest Climb
Mint unread book and jacket. 149pp. The author was a very successful mountaineer who became the first person to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents at the first attempt. But his hardest climb was his recovery from a near fatal brain haemorrhage. This is his autobiographical account of of all of these climbs.
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Dorrell Dressekie
Finchley Memorial Hospital: The First Century 1908-2008
Appears in mint unread condition. 79pp. The history of hospital care in Finchley where the original Finchley Cottage Hospital was established in 1908. Illustrated. Whilst the publisher's text inside the book calls it a hardback edition, the book is actually a softback.
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H A Snellen
History of Cardiology
Book appears in mint unread condition with maroon quality cloth boards. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with a small scratch to rear, minor indenting and very slight rubbing to edges. 191pp. 'A brief outline of the 350 years' prelude to an explosive growth.' The book covers the history of cardiology in the period up to the middle of the 20th century.
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Lucy Bean
Strangers in Our Midst (Signed By Author)
Inscribed by the Author on the title page. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked cream cloth boards, a trace of foxing to page edges and tiny bump to upper front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or creased with small tear to upper front edge and slight rubbing to corners. 232pp. A biographical account of the author's time with the S.A.W.A.S (the South African Auxiliary Services) in South Africa and in Italy. Their function was to provide help for visiting troops. The author was a close friend of General Smuts. Illustrated. Extremely scarce in the UK.
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Sutherland, Halliday
A Time to Keep (Signed By Author)
Signed 'Halliday Sutherland' to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked boards, upper page edges dusty and with bumping to upper corners. Fore and lower page edges untrimmed and dusty. Dust jacket not price clipped with a few small marks, repaired tear to front, sunned spine and small pieces missing from top of spine. Now protected in a fully-removable transparent sleeve. 286pp. A second volume of reminiscences from the author following on from 'Arches of the Years' in which we visit his Highland childhood, his youth in Scotland, his medical life, yachting holidays, hospitals, law-courts, churches and race-courses. The last chapters tell of his reception into the Church of Rome, his famous law-suit with Dr Marie Stopes and his visit to Lourdes. Very scarce signed copy.
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Parker, Derek; Parker, Julia
The Power of Magic: Secrets and Mysteries Ancient and Modern
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, a few tiny indents to boards and no bumping to corners. 221pp. A comprehensive guide to all forms of magic - from the spirit world to magical plants and animals, to spells and medicine, including reports of magic rituals. Well illustrated.
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Horder, Rt. Hon. Lord (editor)
The British Encyclopaedia of Medical Practice: Medical Progress 1951
Name inside front board. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with slightly mottled (damp?) effect to otherwise unmarked boards, very slight bumping to spine ends, foxing to end papers and no bumping to corners. 476pp. An account via medical discipline and then by disease/complaint of the state of progress in 1951 in treatments, healing, medicines, surgery etc. Scarce.
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Rawling, L. Bathe
Lanmarks and Surface Markings of the Human Body
Name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to slightly sunned spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked very slightly foxed boards, dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. 98pp. An illustrated study of the surface and interior of the human body.
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Davis, Derek Russell
Scenes of Madness : A Psychiatrist at the Theatre
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor creasing and a trace of damp effect to rear. 204pp. Written by a Professor of Mental Health who believes that playgoers can learn as much about madness at the theatre as from textbooks of psychiatry, this study looks at the account from playwrights of the madness afflicting such diverse characters as Orestes, Oedipus, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Dr Faustus, Peer Gynt, Oswald Alving, Ivanov and Blanche Dubois.
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Levinson, Daniel O.
Computer Applications in Clinical Practice : An Overview
Name/date to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 331pp. How the development of computing into the medical situation was taking place in the 1980s. Scarce.
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Summers, Herbert A.
Aids to First Aid
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with slightly dusty unmarked boards, slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. 131pp. The approach from the start of World War Two.
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Matthews, Gerald
Attention and Emotion: A Clinical Perspective
Ex library book with usual marks and stamps. Easily removable pencil underlining/notes to a few pages. No creasing to covers, crease to spine. Very clean very tight pages with unmarked but labelled boards, small piece cut from lower edge of half-title page and no bumping to corners. 402pp. A critical review of the literature on attention and emotion, offering an integrative cognitive attentional model of the development and maintenance of emotional disorders. A classic in its field. With an extensive bibliography.
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Reid, John L. & Rubin, Peter C. & Whiting, Brian
Clinical Pharmacology
No marks or inscriptions. Faint crease to front cover, crease to part of spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 422pp. This book aims to integrate basic science with clinical practice, bridging the gap between laboratory science and the bedside.
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Penhall
Blue/Orange
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. Small faint crease to upper corner of front cover, none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 111pp. Olivier Award Best New Play for 2001 and other awards. An incendiary tale of race, madness and a Darwinian power struggle at the heart of a dying NHS.
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Guthrie, Douglas
A History of Medicine
Name to front end paper and to half-title page. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, dusty page edges, very slight bumping around top of spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with nicks to upper rear edge and sunned spine. Jacket protected in fully-removable transparent sleeve. 448pp. An in-depth history from the medicine used by primitive man to specialism and preventative medicine in more modern times. Illustrated.
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Campling, Frankie and John
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME) : Your Questions Answered
No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to covers adjacent to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 20pp. Answers to your questions about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Includes Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. A guide for newly diagnosed patients with CFS or ME or PVFS.
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Waller, Bertha E.
Aids to Orthopaedics for Nurses
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, front end paper missing, dusty top of page edges and no bumping to corners. 213pp. A complete textbook for the nurse.
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Ashworth, William & Frost, Roger (editors)
Burnley Victoria Hospital : A Century of Care 1886-1986
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 76pp. History of the Hospital in Burnley Lancashire. The text reads as though the true dates are 1884-1984. Illustrated. Very scarce.
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Darwin, Charles
The Origin of Species & the Descent of Man
A few tape marks inside boards - not an ex library book. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean very tight copy with unmarked boards, dusty page edges and very minor rubbing/bumping to corners. 1000pp. A scarce edition of the classic studies by Charles Darwin Illustrated.
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STRYER LUBERT
BIOCHIMICA
OTTIMO STATO
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M.B.SABOM
DAI CONFINI DELLA VITA
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G.ASTOLFI S.TARA
YOGA LA DANZA DELLA VITA
OTTIMO STATO
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